The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Extract from today's Office of Readings:

From a semon of Anastasius of Sinai........ 'It is good for us to be here'

"...Yes indeed, Peter, it is good for us to be here with Jesus and to remain here for ever. What is more blessed, what more sublime, what more exalted than to be with God, to be shaped to his likeness, to dwell in the light? Since each one of us has God within him and is transformed into his divine image, let us cry out in joy: 'It is good for us to be here.' For here all is light, and joy, and happiness, and bliss; here the heart is at rest, in peace, serene; here we behold Christ our God; here he comes to dwell with the Father, and as he enters he says: 'Today salvation has been brought to this house'; here with Christ are the countless treasures of eternal blessings; here are the beginnings of the age to come, here we see it reflected as in a mirror."

Responsory:
R The face of Jesus shone like the sun; the disciples saw him in his glory and were overcome with awe and dread.
V. They saw Moses and Elijah appear, conversing with Jesus; the disciples saw him in his glory and were overcome with awe and dread. "